Search

Search results

Displaying 81 - 90

Biography Features

Recent Features Biography | Business | Entertainment | Health & Science | History & Gov't | Society & Culture | Sports | United States | World Jump to: A…

Sino-Tibetan languages

(Encyclopedia) Sino-Tibetan languages, family of languages spoken by over a billion people in central and SE Asia. This linguistic family is second only to the Indo-European stock in the number of…

May 2020 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Science and Technology News | Disaster News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

Natives, North American

(Encyclopedia) Natives, North American, peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent…

New Mexico

New Mexico State Information Official Name: The State of New Mexico; Nuevo México (Spanish); Yootó Hahoodzo (Navajo) Capital: Santa Fe Organized as a territory: September 9, 1850 Entered Union (…

National Film Registry

Each year since 1989, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry to ensure that each film will be preserved in its original form. The films, which must be at least…

List of Dinosaurs... By U.S. State!

Top of Page Source: iStockState symbols have been around since 1893, when the World Fair in Chicago featured a National Garland of Flowers with a flower for each of the fifty states. While these…

U.S. History Timeline: 1850–1899

Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesThe Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed are among the signal events of American History. The roots of the conflict run deep, and its effects are…